(10 Nov 2021, 7:10 pm)streetdeckfan wrote After a little Googling it looks South Tyneside Council were given £133,000 to improve 8 of GNE and SC's buses, so that's about £17k each.
Not sure if that's the full cost or just STC's contribution towards it though

Bloody Hell, I didn't realise it was that expensive, and I believe STC just contribute.

But the PVR for the 50/26 is 12 or 14, so GNE did pay for a few themselves it seems.